. >> the compression ratio goesy. from 5 to 1 on a centrifugal, to a 15 to 1 in a compressor like this one. >> we are definitely a technically oriented school. we are very heavy into the math and sciences, and we have a great engineering and mathematics curriculum here, but we also serve humanities and social sciences, as well. >> our students attend classes and have to complete a degree program, just like at another university. they take a well-rounded curriculum. >> and you can major in anything from political science all the way to electrical engineering. >> the naval academy has a language of its own. for example, the students are called midshipmen. >> the term "midshipman" actually comes from the olden days when younger boys were training to be sailors on the ship and they lived in the middle of the ship, but now the term is used -- it's gender-neutral -- as a student at the naval academy. >> the entire student body -- about 4,400 midshipmen -- is referred to as "the brigade." it's made up of smaller units, such